I like it. Thanks

Il giorno martedì 13 febbraio 2018 16:50:44 UTC, Matt Martz ha scritto:
>
> I would honestly use slurp to fetch the file and maybe a set_fact to set a 
> var indicating it's existence.  That is the pattern I have always used.  
> Something like:
>
> - slurp:
>     path: /etc/myfile
>   register: myfile
>
> - set_fact:
>     contains_cmdline: "{{ myfile.contents|b64decode|search("^CMDLINE") }}"
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Nico Sabbi <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> HI,
>> I need to do a grep-like search in a file without using shell commands 
>> and in a check_mode compatible way.
>> I just need to check  the presence of a given string a in a file without 
>> doing overwrites of any kind.
>> I implemented something with lineinfile but I'm very annoyed by the need 
>> to  specify the line parameter to overwrite the file
>> because the r.e. may be wrong.
>>
>> Is there any cleaner way to do what I need?
>>
>> - name: grub
>>   become: true
>>   lineinfile:
>>     path: /etc/myfile
>>     backrefs: yes 
>>     regexp: "^CMDLINE (.*)"
>>     line: 'CMDLINE \1'
>>     state: present
>>   register: myxx
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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